Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) extending Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station
Date: 1994-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: USSR, agricultural product, import, nuclear accident, public health, radioactive pollution

COMVIISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN  COMVIUNITIES 

COM(94) 597 final 
Brussels,  13.12.1994 

94/0308  (ACC) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

extending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  737/90  on the  conditions 

governing  imports  of  agricultural  products 

originating  in third  countries 

following  the  accident  at the  Chernobyl  nuclear  power-station 

(presented  by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The aim of this proposal  is to extend  for five years the system for  checking  compliance 

with the maximum permitted levels of radioactivity  in agricultural products laid down by 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  737/90  following  the  accident  at  the  Chernobyl  nuclear  power-

station. 

This  is justified  by  the  fact  that  the  reasons  prevailing  at  the  time  the  Regulation  was 

adopted  remain  valid;  radioactive  contamination  in  certain  agricultural  products 

originating  in  the  third  countries  most  affected  still  exceeds  the  maximum  permitted 

levels of radioactivity  laid  down in the Regulation  referred  to. 

The ad hoc committee established  in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation  (EEC) No 

737/90  was consulted  on this matter  at its meeting  on  11 July  1994. 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) No 

extending  Regulation  (EEC) No  737/90 on the conditions governing  imports of 
agricultural  products  originating  in third  countries following  the accident  at the 
Chernobyl  nuclear  power-station 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article  113 thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas  Regulation  (EEC) No  737/90(1) fixed,  for  agricultural  products  originating  in 
third  countries  and  intended  for  human  consumption,  maximum  permitted  levels  of 
radioactivity  with  which  imports  of  the  products  concerned  must  comply  and  in 
connection  with which  checks are  carried  out by the  Member  States; whereas the  said 
Regulation  is to apply  only  until  31 March  1995; 

Whereas  the  reasons  prevailing  when  the  said  Regulation  was  adopted  are  still  valid, 
particularly because radioactive contamination in certain agricultural products originating 
in the third countries worst affected  by the accident still exceeds the maximum permitted 
levels of radioactivity  laid  down  in that  Regulation; 

Whereas  it is advisable  to extend  Regulation  (EEC) No 737/90 currently  in force  for  a 
period  of five years, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 the date "31 March  1995"  shall be replaced 
by  "31  March 2000". 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official  Journal 
of the  European  Communities. 

Article 2 

(i)  O J N oL  82, 29.3.1990,  p.  1. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member 
States. 

Done at Brussels,. 

For the  Council 

The  President 

A-

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